ABSTRACT
Learning contingency analysis is a task analysis approach that is concerned primarily with tasks in a learning environment rather than with those tasks associated with job performance. The purpose of learning contingency analysis is to identify behavioral components of tasks and determine the interdependences among them. These interdependencies have implications for teaching those tasks (Gropper, 1974). A learning contingency analysis should help instructional designers sequence learning tasks for instruction and assist them with determining instructional strategies for teaching these tasks. Once learning tasks have been analyzed with learning contingency analysis, the instructional designer can select an appropriate instructional strategy based on research and experience with learning contingencies.
